Retainer-necktie.



PATENTED JUNE so, 1908.

0. W.- T. DAVIES. RETAINER NEGKTIE. APPLIOATIOli FILED APR. 13, 1907.

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CHARLES W. '1. DAVIES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RETAINER-NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed April 13, 1907. Serial No. 367,972.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. T. DAVIES, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Retainer-Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to retainer neckties.

The object of the present invention is the provision of a retainer necktie adapted for use on either turn-over or standing collars which will have novel retainers ada ted to engage either the edge of a button-ho e if the necktie is used with a standing collar, or the outer flaps if used on a turn-over collar, and adapted to satisfactorily retain the necktie on one form of collar as on the other, the improvements being particularly adapted for use on string ties and ascots.

The present invention is designed to avoid the necessity of having the neckband of the necktie made in two parts or of having recourse to the expedient of using elastic in the neckband.

The invention contem lates the provision of elastic connections on t he tie, substantially at the junction of its neckband and tying ends, which are provided with hooks or the like and may be engaged thereby either with the edge of the button-hole in a single collar or, in a turn-over collar with the edges of its outer fia s.

The elastic connections may be attached to the necktie at both their inner and outer ends, the intermediate parts being free for stretching, or again may be attached thereto only at their inner ends, leaving the forward and outer ends projecting freely, as shown in Fig. 1. Each connection may carry more than one hook, of which one at least should be on or near the extreme end when the connection projects freely at that point though a forelock very short, as shown in Fig. 1, for convenient handling or pulling on the connection will be found of advantage. A thread or loop may be run transversely across the tie at such a point as to hold down the hooked end so as to keep it from depending loosely from the tie when not in operation.

In an ordinary standing collar, the distance around the collar from the inner corner of one of the front button-holes to the inner corner of the other front button-hole will usually be greater than the circumferential distance between the edges of the outer fla s of a double collar of corresponding size. T e present invention contemplates this dlfference and is adapted for said use on both types of collars as distinct from the idea of engagement by retainers with the front collar button. The covering of these elastic connections, if any, maybe made integral with the fabric of, or otherwise attached to, the tie proper, or to any sup lementary strlp complementary thereto. 0 long as the hooks are at the time of Wearing in a position convenient to resiliently engage the edges of a button-hole, or the outer fla s of a collar, according to the style of col ar worn, the object of this invention will be secured.

The invention is set forth fully hereinafter and .the novel features are recited in the ap ended claims.

11 the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view of a string necktie ma e accordlng to the present invention; Fig. 2 illustrates how the necktie is engaged with the outer flaps of a turn-over collar.

The necktie has a neckband 1 and tying ends 2. Attached to the necktie substantially at the unction of the neckband and the tying ends thereof are elastic strips or connections 3, which are free except where connected to the necktie at 4, and at or near their outer ends they are rovided with hooks 5. Threads 6, through w ich' the connections 3 loosely pass, hold down the connection 3 so as to keep it from de ending loosely from the tie when not stretc ied.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the hooks 5 engage the edges of the outer flaps of the collar, leaving the tying ends 2 free for tying into the knot, bow or ascot which will cover the hooks and thus the dressy appearance of the collar and tie are not impaired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A necktie provided with elastic connections located substantially at the junction of its neckband and tying ends provided with means for engagement with the front edges of the turn over ortion of a double collar.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. T. DAVIES.

Witnesses:

KEITH M. READ, WM. G. COPELAND. 

